magnifico
English
Etymology
From Italian magnifico. Doublet of magnific.
Noun
magnifico (plural magnificos or magnificoes)
- (obsolete) A grandee or nobleman of Venice.
- c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii], line 12:
- For be assured of this, / That the Magnifico is much beloved,
- (obsolete) A rector of a German university.
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “magnifico”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
Italian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin magnificus.
Adjective
magnifico (feminine magnifica, masculine plural magnifici, feminine plural magnifiche)
Derived terms
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Etymology 2
Verb
magnifico
Further reading
- magnifico in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Latin
Etymology
From magnificus (“noble, august”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /maɡˈni.fi.koː/, [mäŋˈnɪfɪkoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /maɲˈɲi.fi.ko/, [mäɲˈɲiːfiko]
Verb
magnificō (present infinitive magnificāre, perfect active magnificāvī, supine magnificātum); first conjugation
Conjugation
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Descendants
- → French: magnifier
- → English: magnify
- → Italian: magnificare
References
- “magnifico”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “magnifico”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- magnifico in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Portuguese
Verb
magnifico
Spanish
Verb
magnifico
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